Egg-carrier.



N6. 639,665. Patnted nec. 26, |899.'

W. H. H. ROGERS.

EGG CARRIER.

(Application led Oct. 5, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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No. 639,865. Pafentd nec. 26, |899.

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EGG CARRIER.

(Applicgtion mea oct. 5, 1899.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES AT-ENT Fries.

WILLIAM H. H. ROGERS, OF NEW`YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FRANCES E. ROGERS, OF SAME PLACE.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,865, daed December 26, 1899.

Application filed October 5 l 8 9 9.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. H. ROGERS, of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Egg-Oarrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to folding boxes made of paper, veneer, and like material; and its object is to provide a new and improved eggcarrier which is simple in construction and arranged with single compartments for the eggs to prevent the same from being broken while in transportation, the boxes whennot in use and folded up occupying but little space.

The invention consists principally of a boxbody formed with a top having integral flaps cut out of the top and adapted to swing downward into the box-body to form compartments therein and openings in the top for the insertion of the eggs in the compartments.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a plan View of the blank for forming the box. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the carrier with the cover-flaps open. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the improvement on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 3.-

The improved egg-carrier is provided with a box-body A, formed witha bottom A', sides A2 A3, having locking-flaps A4 A5 and A6 A7, respectively, arranged in such a manner that the iiaps A4 and A6 can be locked one to the other at the end of the box-body, and in a similar manner the flaps A5 A7 are connected with each other at the other end of the boxbody. The ends AS and A9 for the box-body fold over the said interlocked flaps when the box-body is set up, it being understood that suitable creases are made between the side naps A2 A3 and the bottom A and between the latter and the ends A8 A9. From the sides A2 and A3 extend outwardly iiaps B and B',

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respectively, of which the outer halves B2 and B3 are separated from the inner halves by longitudinal creases,as plainly indicated in Fig.1, so that the outer halves can be folded inward and downward into the middle of the boxbody to form adjacent walls, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. The inner halves of the flaps B and B are formed with a series of single flaps B4 and B5, respectively, each Hap being cut on three sides out of the material and the fourth side formed with a crease, so as to allow of swinging the lap downward into the box-body to form compartments therein, one for each egg. The liaps B B thus form tops and longitudinal partitions for the box-body and also form by the flaps B4 and B5 transverse partitions for single compartments. The ends A8 A9 are formed with the cover-iiaps C and O', respectively, adapted to belocked together over the top of the box-body whenever the latter is iilled with the eggs. (See Figs. 3 and 4.)

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the box-body, as well as the top, the walls for the individual compartments, and the cover-iiaps are all made of a single piece of material creased in the manner described and arranged to be conveniently set up to form the box whenever desired.

It will be seen that the box-blanks can be conveniently packed and shipped in large quantities to any desired place without taking up much room and can then be conveniently set up to be filled with the eggs, as above described.

I do not limit myself to the special construction shown in the drawings and described above, as it is evident that only one flap B or B may be used instead of two, as shown, and the number of single flaps B4 B5 can be increased or diminished at will, according to the number of compartments desired to be formed in the box for the eggs. The box shown in the drawings is formed with twelve compartments for one dozen eggs.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. An egg-carrier provided with a box-body formed with an integral top having integral flaps cut out of the top and adapted to swing IOO downward into the box-body to form oompartments therein, and openings in the top for the insertion of the eggs into the said compartments, substantially as shown and described.

2. An egg-carrier provided with aboX-body formed with a top having integral iiaps cut out of the top at three sides, the fourth side being formed with a crease to permit of swinging the flap downward into the box-body to form compartments, substantially as shown and described.

3. An egg-carrier provided with a box-body having integral bottom, sides and ends, a top formed integral with the said sides and having a longitudinal crease for forming a 1ongitudinal partition-wall in the said box-body, theinner portion of the top being formed with integral iiaps cut out of the top at three sides, the fourth side being formed with a crease eX- tending transversely to permit of swinging the flap downward into the box-body, to form compartments therein, substantially as shown and described.

4. An egg-carrier provided with a box-body having integral bottom, sides and ends, a top formed integral with the said sides and hav ing a longitudinal crease for forming a longitudinal partition-wall in the said box-body, the inner portion of the top being formed with integral flaps cut ont of the top at three sides, the fourth side being formed with a crease extending transversely to permit of swinging the flap downward into the box-body, to form compartments therein, interlocking iiaps on the ends of the said sides, and coverflaps integral with the ends oi' the box-body, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. H.,ROGERS. l/Vitnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

